LYRA Graphite Crayons

These are so nice for the artists. When you open them they are upside down so you can see what softness or hardness they are and the tips are down. These are wonderful to have to transfer drawings to watercolor paper. I can't wait to start using them because I hate regular graphite sticks that make such a mess. These are water soluble.

Ooooh, fun new art supply to play with! Water soluble graphite is new to me and this opens a world of possibilities! Love the way it can serve as a wash. This levels up a simple sketch!

I use these graphite crayons to create my own transfer paper for painting designs. I have found this technique works better than the ready to use transfer paper because it produces fainter lines than the manufactured stuff. I just take the photo I want to to use for the transfer, and use the crayon to lay down a layer of graphite on the back of the sheet. I then turn the sheet over, place it graphite side down on the surface I am going to paint it on and then use a stylus to trace whatever lines I want from the original photo onto the surface to be painted. It is definitely much easier than trying to transfer an image using a projector or light box.

I sand down the sticks to create my own graphite powder. This 9B grade produced a really solid dark value I was looking for. The quality is great too. Since it's so dark, a little bit of graphite goes a long way if you only generating midtones. This means 12 sticks should last you a while. I bought it at ~14 bucks so for that price, the value was great!

This product was advertised as a 12 count of 9B graphite crayons for $29.81. I received 1 crayon for $29.81. No, the value for the money failed.

I received the product in damaged product packaging and it was the old style… however the product itself is ok. The Lyra water soluble graphite sticks are awesome, I use them all the time.

I am a visual artist always looking for different drawing materials and these pencils are a dream come true. They are smooth, nice to hold into BUT I still don't know how to sharpen them up (since they are kinda thick)I love this product and will for sure buy them again in the future!

Just found these at the bottom of a box. Shipped from Alaska. Only one broke. Carry one in my pant pocket daily for 4 months. It is about a inch used up.